June 8, 2022

09:06

Priscilla Peixoto – From Amazon Agency

MANAUS – The Military Command of the Amazon (CMA) released a note on the afternoon of Tuesday, 7, which highlights the search for the indigenous agent of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) Bruno Pereira and the British journalist, collaborator of the newspaper ‘The Guardian’, Dom Phillips, missing since last Sunday, 5, in the Javari Valley, in the Amazon, (distant 1,240 kilometers from Manaus).

According to the note, the CMA has joined the continuous actions of emergency and humanitarian search, since the end of the afternoon of Monday, 6, by river and land means, in an uninterrupted way, through the conduction of the 16th Jungle Infantry Brigade with more than one hundred military personnel.

“It continues, in an uninterrupted manner, employing military jungle combatants from the 16th Jungle Infantry Brigade, headquartered in Tefé-AM, which has deployed means in the Javari region. The 16th Jungle Infantry Brigade has been conducting Search and Rescue operations with approximately 150 (one hundred and fifty) military personnel specialized in jungle operations who know the terrain where the searches take place,” informs an excerpt from the note.

According to the document, the Army’s 4th Aviation Battalion (4° BAvEx) will also support the search for the couple with the deployment of Federal Police agents. The BWC also highlighted the existence of the Military Hospital in the city of Tabatinga-AM, as well as two Special Border Platoons (PEF) in the regions of Palmeiras do Javari and Estirão do Equador, available if necessary.

“The Army’s 4th Aviation Battalion (4th BAvEx) will add to this effort its air mobile capability, supporting the deployment of Federal Police agents and adding mobility to interagency teams in the area of operations through a helicopter (still being deployed to the search area). The integration and synergy, within an interagency environment among the various agencies deployed, in the search area, has favored the search actions”.

Late this Tuesday afternoon, the Amazon Military Command posted all the movements of the combatants and military vehicles heading to the city of Atalaia do Norte. The 8th Jungle Infantry Battalion also embarked to act in the mission.